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S. C HILLS CURTAIN FIXTURE.

APPLICATION FILED sumo. 101a.

. IN l/EN TOR A TTOHNEYS WITNESSES Unrrnn STATES rA'rnn'r OFFICE.

sInNEY c. HILLs, or'roanrueron, connncricur, assrcnoaro THE Tonnes &

SEYMOUR nanoraoruameco, or froaarneron, CONNECTICUT, A Conro- RATION OF CONNECTICUT,

To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that I, SIDNEY C; HELS, a citizen of the United States,and resident of Torrington, county of .Litchfield, State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements i11,Cui'tainFixtures, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to curtain fixtures and has for its object to provide an improved bracket and. rod construction whereby the sash rod is firmly and efliciently held in position and yet is easily disconnected from the brackets or dismantled when desired. A further object of my invention is to provide an arrangement whereby the sash rod may be located either inside of the casing or outside thereof as desired or found necessary. Other objects ofmy improvement will appear from the description hereinafter and the features of novelty thereof will be pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings which illustrate an example of my invention, Figure 1 is a plan view; Fig. 2 is an end view; Fig. 3 is a section on the line 33 of Fig. 1; Fig. 4 is a front elevation showing my improved construction located inside of the casing; Fig. 5 is a face view, showing another form'ofconstruction and Fig. (Sis a sectional view thereof on the line 6+6 of Fig. 5. r

' i As shown in Figs. 1 to 4 inclusive of the drawings my improvement comprises brackets each consisting of a plate or other fastening member 5 adapted to-be attached to the window, door orothencasing 6 in any suitable manner as by means of screws 7. Each plate 5 is provided with a stud or post 8' which projects outwardly therefrom' as shown in the drawings and has its outer end recessed to form a socket 9 as illustrated in Fig.- 3 In addition each bracket includes a point and then upwardly in the form of an upright member 10 in front of and at a dis tance from the recessed end of each stud or post, the free end'of each member 10 belng specification of Letters Patent. 7

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Patented Dec. 9;

p I Application filed September 20, 1916. I Serial No. 121,124.

preferably curved as shown in Fig.'3.- The upright member 1Q is thusresiliently-sup ported and is movable toward and. away from the stud or post 8, the recessed end of i the latter in the illustrated example being located between the member l0 and the eyelet 11. i

a By referring to Figs. mm 6 it will .be.

seen that the studs or posts 8 instead'of' be} j' ing solid members as illustrated inFigs. '1 to 4 and secured in position on the'plates 5 as shown in thesefigures, may comprise tu-- bular members 8* having opposite end flanges and serving to clamp the eyelets 11 of the hooks 10 'uponthe plates'5. These:

members 8 in their initial condition do: not have the flange at'the'ir inner ends andare passed through the eyelets 11 and through suitable openings in the'plate's'. 5 after which the inner end of each member 89 is turned down or otherwise manipulated to produce the inner end flange shown in .Fig. 6. In

thismannerfthe eyelets 1-1 of the'hooks-l0 j aresecurely clamped between. the outer end my improvementimay be, the. same as in the form first described.

In any case the fixture furthercomprises arod 13 which'm'ay be made in s'ections so as to be extensible in any customary manner or of fixed lengthas desired and in either case may be provided at opposite ends with spherical members :14 which are provided with centrally located rd'iametricalapertures 15as shown in Fig. '3. These apertures 15 rod is. supported in operative" position on the casing. 6. v

. Itwill be seen, when the rod 13 is operaare adapted to receive and accommodate the L I members 10 ofthe hooks 10 when the rodis combined with the brackets whereby said tively connected with either of the'illustratedbrackets that the sphericalend members 14; rest in the sockets 9 or: 9 of the studs or posts 8 or'8 as the case may be, the recessed surfaces forming the sockets" 9 preferably fitting the peripheries ofthe members I Cir . apparent.

14 as illustrated in Fig. 3. The parts are preferably so constructed and proportioned that as the end members 14 are forced home upon the members 10 of the hooks 10, the said members will be placed under a tension tending to force the end members 14 of the rod 13 into the sockets 9 or 9 and to maintain them therein. The said rod 13 is thus firmly held upon the posts 8 or 8 and securely fastened in operative position against unintentional separation relatively to the brackets and yet may be readily disconnected therefrom by simply exerting an upward pressure sufficient to overcome the tension exerted by the members 10.

Owing to the fact that the apertures 15 are located centrally of the spherical end members 14 the rod may be located either outside of the casing 6 as shown in Fig. 1 or within the same as shown in Fig. 4. All that is required to secure either result is to fasten the brackets either to the front faces of the casing 6 as in Fig. 1 or to the opposite inside surfaces thereof as in Fig. 4.

It will be seen that, in all cases when the rod is operatively connected with the brackets, the posts or studs 8 and 8 are always in line with the ends of the rod, this arrangement providing an extremely neat appearance and resulting in a maximum of resiliency and efiiciency in the parts.

It will be. readily apparent that instead of providing the spherical end members 14, projections having simply a curved surface adapted to fit into the sockets 9 or 9 may be provided, while if found convenient or neccessary any desired shape of end projection may be used, the sockets 9 and if necessary the sockets 9 being shaped to properly receive and accommodate the same. Similarly the end members 14 of the rod 13 maythe brackets and rod may be reversed if desired, the improvement merely requiring cooperating surfaces or other elements on the rod and brackets respectively in combination and means for holding these surfaces in engagement with each other, in order to work satisfactorily and efficiently. With the type or construction shown in Figs. 1 to 4 inclusive, or equivalent arrangement, it is also possible to obtain different positions of the curtain rods with respect to the window or other casing by increasing or diminishing the axial length of the posts 8 as will be It will further be obvious that the posts mayextend outwardly from the plates 5 in directions other than a substantlally perpendicular direction thereto.

The arrangement is extremely simple in construction with a maximum of efficiency and is of a highly ornamental and attractive appearance when in use. The peculiar con struction of the brackets and rod results in an operative combination thereof which provides a harmonious continuity of structure without any harsh or unattractive breaks in the lines between the brackets and rod. In fact when in use the combined brackets and rod have the appearance of a single unit. All parts of the invention are easy and simple to construct thus insuring a low cost of production without in any way interfering with the efliciency or the attractiveness of the fixture. I

Various changes in the form shown and described may be made within the scope of the claims without departing from the spirit of my invention;

I claim: 1

1. In a curtain fixture, the combination of a bracket, a curtain rod, a member on one of said elements having a recessed surface, a device on the other element having a cooperating surface arranged to fit said recessed surface whereby said member and device are positioned in fixed relation to each other with said device in alinement with the center of said recessed surface and resilient means. carried by said bracket and exerting a tension whereby said recessed surface and cooperating surface are maintained in engagement with each other.

2. In a curtain rod, the combination of a bracket fastening member, a substantially rigid post extending outwardly therefrom and having an outer free end, a curtain rod provided with a transverse aperture, cooperating surfaces at said free end of the post and at an end of the rod respectivelywhereby said post and rod are positioned in fixed relation to each other with the cooperating surface on the end of said rod in alinement with said post and a member carried by said post and extending into the aperture of said rod whereby said cooperating surfaces are maintained in engagement with each other.

3. In a curtain fixture, the combination of a bracket, a substantially rigid post forming a part thereof and having its end face recessed, a curtain rod, an end member on said rod having a surface arranged to fit said recessed end face of the post for detachably combining said rod and bracket and means whereby the recessed free end of the post and the surface of said end member are maintained in engagement with said end member in alinement with said post and a separation of said bracket and rod is resisted.

4. In a curtain fixture, the combination of a bracket comprising a fastening member,-

a substantially rigid post projecting outwardly from the outer face thereof and having its end face recessed, a curtain rod, an end member on said rod having a surface arranged to fit said recessed end face of the post for detachably combining said rod and bracket and provided with an aperture and a resilient hook carried by said post and extending through said aperture whereby the recessed end face of the post and the surface of said end member are maintained 7 in engagement with said end member in alinement with said post and a separation of said bracket and rod 1s reslsted.

In testimon my hand.

y whereof I have hereunto set 

